Jordan Peterson put it well: When somebody says "That wasn't real socialism. Real socialism has never been tried." They are really saying "If I were a communist dictator, I'd usher in the utopia. All those other communist dictators who created misery and death on a massive scale weren't true socialists. They didn't understand Marx like I do."
It's an extremely arrogant and ignorant attitude. Stalin, Pol Pot, Mao, and Castro all understood Marx. The next communist dictator will be the same way.
Jordan Peterson put it well: When somebody says "That wasn't real socialism. Real socialism has never been tried." They are really saying "If I were a communist dictator, I'd usher in the utopia. All those other communist dictators who created misery and death on a massive scale weren't true socialists. They didn't understand Marx like I do."
It's an extremely arrogant and ignorant attitude. Stalin, Pol Pot, Mao, and Castro all understood Marx. The next communist dictator will be the same way.
Yep!